Roundup: Brunswick lacrosse team dominates Hotchkiss

Staff Reports

Updated 11:46 pm, Saturday, April 20, 2013

Cam Stafford registered five goals and three assists and the Brunswick School lacrosse team played shut-down defense in a 13-4 road win against Hotchkiss School on Saturday.

The Bruins led 8-1 at halftime and took a commanding 10-3 advantage into the fourth quarter. Brunswick improved to 6-0 with the victory.

"Our team played tremendously well today," Bruins coach David Bruce said. "They were a much better team than the scored showed. Sometimes you have one of those games when everyone plays well and is in the right spot at the right time. This was as well as we played all year."

"It was actually a good tennis match, tight until the end," Bruins coach George Boynton said. "The Turchetta match was very important and a good victory for us. He is now beating guys that beat him last year."

The Brunswick baseball team split a doubleheader at home against the Hill School, losing the opener 8-1, but taking the second game 3-2 on a walk-off hit by Will Solomon.

Solomon and Sam Fraser doubled in the opener but the Bruins could not rally from an early deficit.

In the nightcap, Fraser beat out an infield hit in the bottom of the seventh. After not being able to get the bunt down and fighting off several pitches, Solomon singled to right field, scoring Fraser from second.

"We are proud of Solomon trying to do his job and move the runner over but ending up fighting pitches off and putting the ball in play," Bruins coach Johnny Montanez said. "It would have been a remarkable throw to get Sam Fraser who is the fastest kid on the team."

"The defense made a lot of stops," GA coach Angela Tammaro said. "Our transition game was good and we were able to move the ball up field. We had a nice 5-0 run in the second half to put the game away."

The Cardinals, who ran their record to 11-0, beat Phillips Andover, 23-3, and Deerfield, 17-4. Rachel Sodokoff scored a game-high five goals to pace the Cardinals against Andover. Milena Meehan had four goals and Daniela Screnci scored four times for the victors.

"It was another opportunity for us to get everyone in the game and have them contribute," Cardinals coach Bill Harris said. "We came out and once again, played strong defense."

Nicole Cutler made five saves in the win. Screnci netted seven goals against Deerfield, while Sodokoff had four. Neary and Claire Baxter scored twice, while Meehan and Mary Harrigan added single goals. Cutler stopped six shots for Greenwich, which plays Staples at home Tuesday at 3 p.m.

ROWING

Greenwich Academy made it a clean sweep at their regatta against Nobles and Greenough, Lyme, Old Lyme, Valley Regional and host Pomfret Saturday, winning all four races.